Ottessa Moshfegh

1. Lara Williams

The Odyssey

Slyly poignant and wickedly funny... A serious vibe

1. Kate , Folk

Sky Daddy

Audaciously imagined. Slyly executed. Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird'RACHEL YODER, author of NIGHTBITCH'Get your boarding pass out and get ready for some turbulence. Sky Daddy is insane'GARY SHTEYNGART, author of OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS'This book is a dog whistle for the true freaks - never have I felt so seen! I loved it'RITA BULLWINKEL, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted HEADSHOT'Hilarious, refreshing, and perverse . . . Do not miss this flight'HENRY HOKE, author of OPEN THROATLinda makes $20 an hour as a content moderator, flagging comments that violate a tech conglomerate's terms and conditions. Each night, she returns to the windowless room in a garage that she rents from a family who pretend she isn't there.But once a month, she escapes to San Francisco International Airport for a clandestine meeting on the cheapest flight out that night. Linda's secret is that she's sexually attracted to planes: their intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages and powerful engines make her feel a way that no human lover ever could.Linda believes her destiny is to someday 'marry' one of her suitors by dying in a plane crash, a catastrophic event that would unite her with her soulmate plane for eternity. So when her co-worker Karina invites her to join a group of women using vision boards to manifest their desires, she can't resist the chance to hasten her romantic fate. However, as the vision boards seem to manifest items more quickly - and more literally - than Linda had expected, the carefully balanced elements of her life begin to spin out of her control, and she must choose between maintaining the trappings of normalcy or launching herself headlong towards her greatest dream.

1. Anoushka , Warden

I'm Actually Amazing

'An intensely intimate novel for our times' - Deborah Frances-White, Author & Host of THE GUILTY FEMINIST'Warden writes like your best friend speaks' - Rebecca Humphries, author of WHY DID YOU STAY?'So relatable [on] female desire and pleasure' - Annie Lord'Frank, heartbreaking, clever and funny ... a tender and soulful debut' - THE OBSERVER'Centring female desire and sexuality while never being scared of embracing its messiness' - Jessie Thompson, The Independent'As shockingly funny as it is tender and revealing about love, relationships, sex and womanhood ... a candid, fun and moving read' - Arifa Akbar, The Guardian***'I was going to be okay. I was going to be okay. That had to be the case. Even though it felt a very long way away from me in that moment...'Everything used to work perfectly. She had plenty of orgasms and also love - a really big, terrific kind of love.But now, as she moves into her thirties completely committed to Serious Boyfriend Number Three, things aren't functioning the way they used to. Surely there must be some way to get it all going again?Setting off on a desperate quest to fix her bits, there's no limit to what she'll try. But nothing seems to be working.What becomes of happily-ever-after for a woman who can't stand sex with the best guy ever? It might be time for a radically fresh start...I'm F*cking Amazing is a hilariously frank, sharp and relatable tale of love, sex, and self-determination perfect for fans of Bridget Jones, Miranda July, and Dolly Alderton. (Printed in paperback as I'm Actually Amazing)

1. Robert McGill

Simple Creatures

"Simple Creatures was my introduction to McGill's delightfully ever-so-subtly off-the-wall narrative voice which never fails to be surprising, whether he’s writing from the point of view of a wife watching her 76-year-old philandering husband run races from her wheelchair parked on the sidelines, a PhD candidate writing her thesis on an iconic author whose chronicles of small town Ontario have created their own mythology (and then some), an ASMR Youtuber, a third person story about an endocrinologist reincarnated as a chimpanzee, and more." – Kerry Clare, 49th Shelf "Simple Creatures stretches the short story to its glorious, contemporary limits. A big-hearted, slick collection that is as playful as it is precise, surprising as it is insightful." – Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist jury citation “With foot in mouth and tongue in cheek, McGill’s stories are humorous, but that humour goes alongside serious matters that may be ominous.” – Michael Greenstein, The Seaboard Review"For all the experimentation, humour, and nods to online life, at their core, McGill’s stories are grounded in human feeling—our yearnings, our anxieties, our obsessions, and our relationships with each other." – Monika Warzecha, The Walrus' "The Best Books of Fall 2024"

1. Erin Niimi Longhurst

The Joy of Wintering

How to rest, reconnect and rejuvenate through practical lessons, creativity and conscious living.

Jill Mulleady: Fight or Flight

The first major monograph on Jill Mulleady, whose paintings feature humans and animals enacting their instinctive psychological reactions to ever-present threats of danger In the paintings and woodcuts of Swiss artist Jill Mulleady (born 1980), characters enact the physiological stress reactions of “fight or flight”: either adopting extreme or violent survival methods, or retreating into isolation. Mulleady's work roots out fantasies, motivations and fears in order to depict a landscape of polarization and crisis. Ancient mythologies and recent histories are reanimated in her feverish work with an enduring, twisted force. And yet, opposed and extreme, the figures and scenes featured also point to futures in which beings are pushed into marginal spaces, suggesting an ominous threat at civilization’s center. Fight or Flight is the first major monograph on Jill Mulleady, surveying her artistic output over the last 10 years. It features newly commissioned essays by curator Laura McLean-Ferris, author Ottessa Moshfegh and anthropologist Michael Taussig, and a conversation between Mosfegh and Mulleady.